F E L I X
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that there are a large number of people in this college who, like myself, believe in moral concepts different from the Christian ones and who probably believe in them just as strongly and adhere to them just as strictly as any Chrismild obsenity in Felix (we are not tian does to his. immune to dirty jokes) and conIf the Christians in this college curred with many of the ideas of Dear Sir, desire to retain the respect of the UNDERSEXED. 1 was greatly amused, in your rest of the college I would suggest The few Christian dogmatists last edition, by the prattlings of that they express their fiery evan(Phillips, Sheridan, Ellis et cd) be- our angry virgins. I trust that they gelism in a form more acceptable come offensive when their cen- will follow the advice of their to intelligent audience. sorious attitudes extend beyond good book and keep their lamps Yours sincerely, the limits of their personal rela- well filled and neatly trimmed, HUGH FRAZER. tionship. We enjoy fornication just in case . .. (it would be surprising if we To become more serious, howdidn't.)—and accept this as suffi- ever, 1 would like to point out
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find the time or inclination io conjure up such useless accusations from trivial and harmless material. Yours, DAVE HUNT
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The Editor, Felix, Dear Sir, As (the author of the recent article in Felix entitled" Undersexed," I should like to reply to my critics. Reactions have ranged from"" How can you equate inDear Sir, terest in sex with sexual interI was sorry to learn from the course?" to simply " It should not last issue of " Felix" that even Dear Sir, have been published," and a few I would like to lodge a violent objection to the behaviour of I.C. harbours its quota (relatively people took the opportunity to certain members of I.C. arising from an incident in the Union bar insignificant, I trust) of the antipoint out that intercourse outside sex school, i.e. those who regard on the evening of Feb. 25th. marriage is wrong. The whole A group of Bedford girls entered the bar with the express intention anything connected with sex as inpoint of the article was that if one takes into consideration the of collecting for the U.L.U. Carnival (which, after all was initiated trinsically dirty, obscene and imSocial, moral, religious, and en- for the same purpose as the I.C. Carnival). After a short, sharp proper. Even sex within marriage one suspects, is to be viewed as a vironmental aspects of the prob- scuffle they were forcibly ejected—fair enough you may sayl However, the manner of their removal was far from that expected necessary evil. In the words of lem, they still cannot explain the difference in figures between Ox- from any member of the superior sex when dealing with females. The one of your correspondents "sexford and l.C. Surely it must be use of fists should be restricted to the gymnasium; perhaps the particU ual intercourse outside marriage obvious that even at Oxford there pants were overcome by the proximity of the Liston-Clay meeting is wrong (my emphasis) and many are students who think that interIt is notable that mvasions by other male colleges are seldom religions and societies forbid it." course outside marriage is'wrong, I wonder whether your correrepelled effectively; the use of such rough-house tactics should be reand that one cannot equate in- served for such occasions. spondent realises that the reason terest in sex with sexual interTo emphasise the harshness of the methods used and if possible for such religious sanction of precourse. When comparing the to promote some sense of guilt in the maladiusted persons responsible marital chastity arises simply from figures I was not debating these may I finally quote the example of one girl who was punched in the the fact up till the present century facts, but saying that in spite of no other really acceptable alternaface, thrown to the ground and kicked as she lay there. all the above considerations there I.C. is noted for its isolationist policy—surely even that cannot tive form of birth control has still seemed to be an unexplained excuse such extremist behaviour. existed? To continue to support m. V. WHITEHEAD factor based most probably on the background history of the average cient justification. (Indeed any l.C. student. This factor seems long-term sexual activity not into me to be most definitely an cluding intercourse is abnormal— Postgraduate Courses at "absence of feeling" (definition we believe). Debate from "moral" of apathy) towards sex, I did not "ethical" "scientific" "religious" pass judgement in the article as or " intellectual " stareapoints is to whether this is a good or-,a bad interesting, but essentially unhelpthing. Some students seem to be ful. so brainwashed that when one If you want intercourse—go mentions sex they react disap- ahead. We are fortunate to live provingly, without even trying to in a society where this is permissee what the discussion is all sible, and where contraception is about. Mine was a sociological easily available and efficient. and not a moral conclusion. As Everything is tolerated, providto the criticisms that such articles ing it remains concealed;—we on sex should not be published, I would therefore (regretably—but can only say that if sex cannot be Authority is unpredictable) sign discussed at University, then ourselves— where can it ? Readers are reThe Department of Production and Industrial Administration Anonymously ferred to an article in Punch offers one-year and two-year postgraduate courses in (2 males & 2 females.) (Feb. 5th) on sex at Oxford. industrial administration which provide for specialisation Finally I would like to add that I in any one of the following subjects: have revised my figures. Those Management for men and women at I.C. should be five per cent, higher Ergonomics & Systems Design than quoted previously, and those for Oxford should both be at Operational Research least ten per cent, higher. The Dear Sir, W ork Study unexplained factor looms larger I was exasperated by some of than ever now. the correspondence in your 20\st The courses include individual and group project work, case studies and tutorial discussions and provide instrucedition. Mr. Phillip's suggestion tion in statistical and computing methods. that the harmless, though wellYours respectfully, known cartoon is a propagation Students are encouraged to develop their own programmes PETER A. RIDING. of moral depravity seems to me of investigation. Candidates should- be graduates in to be an example of a warped appropriate subjects or have equivalent qualifications. sense of values coupled with All courses are residential. Scholarships and bursaries are extreme narrow-mindedness. available. Dear Sir, The sketch depicting the celeWe do not believe in an apos- bration of the 200th edition of Further information from: telic succession extending to Mr. Felix was of course interpreted by The Registrar, The College o f Aeronautics, Sheridan—"fornication is wrong" Mr. Ellis as a disgusting boozeCranfield, Bletchley, Bucks. —nor do we accept God, Christ up. or their teachings. Consequently I fail to comprehend how stuwe were amused by the recent dents in responsible positions can
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